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The Bears have a Thursday game this week. One I can watch on cable here in KC on one of my Fox Sports channels:
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Sports/170130/
Short week deemed bonus, not detriment
BY NICK WALKER
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Talk about a quick turnaround.
Central Arkansas’ football team, which returned from California on Sunday, boarded an Xtra Airways Boeing 737 Wednesday night at Central Flying Service in Little Rock for tonight’s game against Sam Houston State.
Central Arkansas’ players took notice of the tight schedule.
“It seems like we were just here getting ready to go to California,” senior free safety Le-Roy Hamilton said. “Airports are beginning to be our second home.”
Such is the reality of life for a college football player these days. Play Saturday one week, Thursday the next. Some teams even play on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
Of all the non-Saturday dates, Thursday is the most common, especially in Division I-AA and lower-level Division I-A conferences.
Coaches see the games as mixed blessings. They get less time to prepare, but their sacrifice often puts them on at least a regional telecast.
“We’re just so thankful as a university that we have an opportunity to play on Fox Sports,” said Sam Houston State Coach Todd Whitten, whose Bearkats host Central Arkansas tonight. “It’s just a huge deal and if we have to play on a Thursday to have that, it’s worth it.” . . . (read more)
Go State!
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Sports/170130/
Short week deemed bonus, not detriment
BY NICK WALKER
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Talk about a quick turnaround.
Central Arkansas’ football team, which returned from California on Sunday, boarded an Xtra Airways Boeing 737 Wednesday night at Central Flying Service in Little Rock for tonight’s game against Sam Houston State.
Central Arkansas’ players took notice of the tight schedule.
“It seems like we were just here getting ready to go to California,” senior free safety Le-Roy Hamilton said. “Airports are beginning to be our second home.”
Such is the reality of life for a college football player these days. Play Saturday one week, Thursday the next. Some teams even play on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
Of all the non-Saturday dates, Thursday is the most common, especially in Division I-AA and lower-level Division I-A conferences.
Coaches see the games as mixed blessings. They get less time to prepare, but their sacrifice often puts them on at least a regional telecast.
“We’re just so thankful as a university that we have an opportunity to play on Fox Sports,” said Sam Houston State Coach Todd Whitten, whose Bearkats host Central Arkansas tonight. “It’s just a huge deal and if we have to play on a Thursday to have that, it’s worth it.” . . . (read more)
Go State!
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